Hula is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 22 anagrams from letters in hula (ahlu).
Borrowed into English from Hawaiian around 1815-25
That results in Ed Henry hula dancing on-air and other fluff segments.
For an account of the first hula we may look to the story of Pele.
In truth, the actors in the hula no longer suit the action to the word.
Ku'i (ku'i)--to smite; to beat; the name of a hula (p. 250).
The hula hula and all other kinds of character dancing are specialties.
And then they burst through the door and come running into the room as I'm delivering the speech, in their hula skirts.
Ohe (-he)--bamboo; a flute; a variety of the hula (pp. 135, 145).
It was he also who introduced into the hula the kakeke as an instrument of music.
Today a Tahitian will speak of the himine to which a hula is danced.
This mele, Hole Waimea, is also sung in connection with the hula ipu.